Department of Public Health

 Department of Public Health Research Research areas Disease Etiology and Research Methodology Epidemiology Diet, lifestyle and genetic susceptibility

Diet, lifestyle and genetic susceptibility

Every day, each Dane consumes an average of 3 kilograms of food and fluids, which amounts to a ton each year. Food consumption habits have both health and environmental consequences. In the research group, we study associations between diet, lifestyle and health. The main outcomes we focus on are obesity, cardiovascular disease and cancer, both in one generation and across generations in families. Increasingly, we also study the interplay between food consumption, environmental impact, and health.

Research areas

  • Applying novel methods to assess associations between diet and health
  • Modelled substitution of foods
  • Socioeconomic determinants of food and drink habits
  • Associations between diet, lifestyle and obesity exposures in one generation, and health outcomes in the next
  • Environmentally sustainable foods or dietary habits and health
  • The interplay between genetic variation, diet, and health

Recent publications

Publications

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Wibaek, R., Andersen, G. S., Dahm, C. C., Witte, D. R. & Hulman, A. (2023). Large Language Models for Epidemiological Research via Automated Machine Learning: Case Study Using Data From the British National Child Development Study. JMIR Medical Informatics, 11, Article e43638. https://doi.org/10.2196/43638
Wellejus, A., Olsen, A. V., Tjønneland, A., Thomsen, BL., Overvad, K. & Loft, S. (2006). Urinary hydroxyestrogens and breast cancer risk among postmenopausal women: a prospective study. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. , 14, 2137-42.
Weikert, S., Boeing, H., Pischon, T., Olsen, A. V., Tjønneland, A., Overvad, K., Becker, N., Linseisen, J., Lahmann, PH., Arvaniti, A., Kassapa, C., Trichopoulou, A., Sieri, S., Tumino, R., Vineis, P., Panico, S., van Gils, CH., Peeters, PH., Bueno-de-Mesquita, HB. ... Riboli, E. (2006). Fruits and vegetables and renal cell carcinoma: Findings from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC). International Journal of Cancer, 118, 3133-9.
Weikert, S., Boeing, H., Pischon, T., Weikert, C., Olsen, A., Tjonneland, A., Overvad, K., Becker, N., Linseisen, J., Trichopoulou, A., Mountokalakis, T., Trichopoulos, D., Sieri, S., Palli, D., Vineis, P., Panico, S., Peeters, P. H. M., Bueno-de-Mesquita, H. B., Verschuren, W. M. M. ... Riboli, E. (2007). Blood pressure and risk of renal cell carcinoma in the European prospective investigation into cancer and nutrition. American Journal of Epidemiology, 167(4), 438-46. https://doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwm321
Weikert, C., Dietrich, T., Boeing, H., Bergmann, M. M., Boutron-Ruault, M. C., Clavel-Chapelon, F., Allen, N., Key, T., Lund, E., Olsen, A., Tjønneland, A., Overvad, K., Rohrmann, S., Linseisen, J., Pischon, T., Trichopoulou, A., Weinehall, L., Johansson, I., Sánchez, M.-J. ... Riboli, E. (2009). Lifetime and baseline alcohol intake and risk of cancer of the upper aero-digestive tract in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) study. International Journal of Cancer, 125(2), 406-12. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.24393
Wedekind, R., Kiss, A., Keski-Rahkonen, P., Viallon, V., Rothwell, J. A., Cross, A. J., Rostgaard-Hansen, A. L., Sandanger, T. M., Jakszyn, P., Schmidt, J. A., Pala, V., Vermeulen, R., Schulze, M. B., Kühn, T., Johnson, T., Trichopoulou, A., Peppa, E., La Vechia, C., Masala, G. ... Scalbert, A. (2020). A metabolomic study of red and processed meat intake and acylcarnitine concentrations in human urine and blood. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 112(2), 381-388. Article nqaa140. https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcn/nqaa140
Watts, E. L., Perez-Cornago, A., Fensom, G. K., Smith-Byrne, K., Noor, U., Andrews, C. D., Gunter, M. J., Holmes, M. V., Martin, R. M., Tsilidis, K. K., Albanes, D., Barricarte, A., Bueno-de-Mesquita, H. B., Cohn, B. A., Deschasaux-Tanguy, M., Dimou, N. L., Ferrucci, L., Flicker, L., Freedman, N. D. ... Travis, R. C. (2023). Circulating insulin-like growth factors and risks of overall, aggressive and early-onset prostate cancer: a collaborative analysis of 20 prospective studies and Mendelian randomization analysis. International Journal of Epidemiology, 52(1), 71-86. Article dyac124. https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyac124

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